Joe's exhausting hill ascent

Joe seems incredulous about what he’s been asked to do.

He begins by throwing all of the balls towards the hill. He then attempts to kick all of the balls up the hill. He soon discovers that trying to move all the balls up the hill at the same time is problematic, due to the existence of gravity.

He switches to moving them individually, but is clearly already exhausted by this point. Finally getting one of the balls to the top, he starts back down to fetch the second, unaware that a breeze has caught the first, which is now rolling down the hill with him.

Joe then discovers the three-ball rolling technique also used by Jon, and manages to use this to get all of them back up to the top of the hill together. He then holds all three balls on the yoga mat using his hands and head until Alex confirms that the task is complete.

Back in the studio, Alex reveals that Joe took 9 minutes and 1 second to complete the task which, he helpfully points out, could be rounded up to 10 minutes. Upon seeing Joe’s reaction, Greg seems keen on this approach to the maths.

(Written by Karl Craven)

(Illustrations collected and adjusted by: Karl Craven)